After the release of the Sony Xperia S a while ago, now Sony Indonesia re-releasing a NXT series phone called Xperia Xperia return U (ST25i). This phone is positioned to fill the middle class Xperia series. If you see this phone as the formation of his elder brother Xperia S, only in smaller sizes. With roughly priced around 2.8 million rupiah is it proper smartphone do you have? Please read our review below.

U Xperia phones targeted by Sony for users who have a young soul. Why is that? Since one characteristic or uniqueness of this phone is the effect of light on the bottom that will keep changing colors according to the theme or the majority of which appear in a color image.

As we mentioned above, this phone has design similarities with S Xperia phone already in Indonesia earlier releases, but comes in smaller sizes. We can say the percentage of similarity is owned almost 95%. With body dimensions of 112 x 54 x 12 mm and weighs 110 grams, this phone is fairly comfortable when held even though the corners of the phone looks stiff. Materials used to use a patterned plastic doff. Sony says that the materials used for the same U Xperia mobile phone material as the material for S so that said Xperia phone is easy to clean if dirty.

At the front there is a proximity sensor and light, earpiece, secondary camera, 3.5-inch screen size, as well as three function keys Android capacitive type. On the back there are LED lights flash, the main camera and a speaker. To the left of the phone have the power / lock, volume and camera shutter button. The right side of the phone is only filled with micro USB port for charging and connectivity to a PC. The top is filled with the presence of 3.5 mm headset port and a mic. The lower part is filled with holes for hanging straps or accessories and a mic.

Screen

Sony Xperia U has a screen measuring 3.5 inch LED-backlit LCD type which has a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. The phone is also equipped with features Sony's flagship Mobile Bravia Engine to enhance the appearance of existing images or video. The display screen looks fine and is quite a contrast, look yellowish screen issue still exists on the Xperia U, but not as much intensity Xperia's screen S.

Interface

Android phone is still using version 2.3 Gingerbread is said to have an update to Android 4.0 ICS. Android smartphone's like Sony / Sony Ericsson Other, Xperia U using Timescape interface. On the Homescreen you can fill in the five-page homescreen with various items such as widgets, applications, folders, shortcuts, and more.

For the default themes, there are seven choices (Silk, Turquoise, Emerald, Sapphire, Gold, Ruby and Amethyst) which represents a specific color that is sure to be in accordance with the color of light at the bottom.

For notification window appears plain, standard, without any shortcut to the settings menu. Lined for the main menu application icon present in the formation of 4 x 4 per page. You can change the position or arrange icons alphabetically, the most commonly used, the newly installed or your own arrangement. As always, if you hold the home button will display a list of open applications that you have before, for easy access to switch applications.

Input Text

For inputting text available hanta a keyboard option in the default condition of the Xperia keyboard is available also in Japanese and Mandarin. There are many settings for this keyboard. With a 3.5 inch screen, making typing in portrait display condition was quite difficult for those of you who have big fingers, especially if the situation in a hurry. As a comparison only, the width of the screen Xperia U smaller than the iPhone, which had the same 3.5-inch screen size. To get around this you can make the process of typing in landscape position, or seek third-party keyboard applications that you like.

Contacts

As usual contact in the menu like Android smartphone, you can sync to various accounts such as Facebook account, WhatsApp, Google, and others. Display contact menu is simple, contact names arranged alphabetically down. To make you do a search there are fields for typing, there are also bars az alphabet keys on the right and create a new contact at the top right.

Messaging

Menu interface messaging (SMS, MMS) is also simple, you will be presented with the conversation thread view to start a new conversation in which you can select the button to the right. As usual to convert the message into MMS format you simply select the button above the send button to enter the multimedia content.

For business email there is a default Gmail application that appears simple, but powerful, especially with its Push Notification system. For other email services like Yahoo, Hotmail, and others you can do in the menu settings email.

For instant messaging, although less popular and less used, but remained faithful to Talk application comes as the default instant messaging application. You can make video calls with this application, especially Xperia U has a secondary camera, so that your conversation will be more enjoyable.

Camera

U Xperia phone is equipped with a 5MP main camera resolution (2592 x 1944 pixels) autofocus and LED flash support, and a secondary VGA resolution camera. Camera in Xperia U has many unique and interesting features such as 3D Sweep Panorama (panoramic photos with 3D effects), 3D Sweep Angle (object images with 3D effects), Sweep Panorama (a 180 degree panorama photo mode). For photos with 3D effects can only be seen with special applications for the stored format (. MPO) is also different from ordinary photographs. There are also options such scene Potrait, Landscape, Night Scene, and more. There are also features like Smile Shutter is in Cyber ​​Shot digital camera.

Video Recording

The main camera is the Sony Xperia U capable of recording up to HD 720p resolution. You can also do the recording with the secondary camera. There are several settings such as the scene (landscape, beach and snow, party, etc.), exposure, photo light, image stabilizer, and others.

When we do the recording with a resolution of 720p for about a minute to spend about 45 MB. The results of the recording will be saved in. MP4. Here's the video recording from cameras Xperia U:

Gallery

Gallery pictures and videos on Xperia U was performed with a standard display Android with 3D effects, a collection of photographs and videos you will be grouped by folder. You can also directly upload your shots to a wide range of services such as Bluetooth, Gmail, Facebook, Google +, Twitter, Picasa, WhatsApp, Messaging and more.

One of the main weapon the series Xperia Sony Bravia Engine is a mobile features that will enhance the look of your photos and videos in the gallery so it looks more contrasting. Effect of this feature is very pronounced, but one side can also make you disappointed because if you take the photo and see it in the phone looks nice and bright, but when you look at the PC, the photo will look dull. To view the content of the 3D images you can select the button beside the camera button dikanan.

Video Player

For the video player there is no special application to play by default, so if you want to play the video you can do so via the gallery. Just a simple video interface there are only three buttons, the buttons previous, play / pause, and forward. Maximum video resolution that can be played on the Xperia U is 720p. Video format that can be played by default only. MP4 and. M4V. we try to put the video format. AVI,. FLV,. MKV,. WMV, but it can not be played. Mobile Bravia Engine features are also present here so that the video display will spoil your eyes.

Music Players

To urusann music player, music player interface on the Xperia U looks interesting and has quite a lot of features. The color of light at the bottom of the phone will also adjust the color of the majority of the songs featured on the album art. Take it easy if you are collections of songs mostly do not have album art, you can search information as well as album art automatically through the Gracenote service. Infinite button is also present to give you access to more about the song being played, such as YouTube videos, Wikipedia information on the site, and other information.

For matters of sound output, there is an equalizer with a wide selection, you can also manually set the equalizer according to your preferences. If you are using headphones, you can enable features headphone surround. Well, one of the features that Sony dibanggakann sound output problem is xLoud features that will enhance the power of the speakers said. It sounded louder sound level, but if you disable the feature speaker sounds very small, far below the standard normal speakers. We do not know if this is the only game Sony to further highlight these features. We did a test with memaksimalkkan volume, the sound output from the main speakers sounded broken and cracked.

FM Radio

To enjoy your favorite radio broadcasts, shall be plugged before the headset that works as an antenna. Once the headset is connected, you can listen to the radio through the headset or speaker. Display interface looks attractive with a large frequency bar. There is also a place to store favorite stations for easy access.

Browser

For the affairs of the browser, Xperia U can do multitab browsing up to 8 tabs at once. Appearance of the browser itself Gingerbread only android standard, nothing special. For content you can watch flash videos from sites as YouTube version of the desktop browser supports flash content. Performance of the browser is fairly good, we did not find any problems in using it.

Connectivity
This phone runs on Quadband GSM networks and Dualband HSDPA, which certainly does not matter if the phone is brought to the continent traveling anywhere within reach of signals. For connectivity there are other Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, with the ability of Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot. There is also Bluetooth v2.1, A-GPS. The phone also supports USB On-the-go so you can easily play content from flash memory or other USB-based storage.

One thing is quite shocking and sensational U Xperia phone is the lack of memory card support. So would not want you to be satisfied with the Sony memory capacity to provide multimedia (photos, videos, music) which amounted to only 4GB. For your application given memmori capacity of 2GB. So in fact the phone has a basic memory of 8GB it's just divided and no external memory support.

Xperia manifold N equipped with Lithium Ion battery with a capacity of 1290 mAh. With the capacity of this and the type of processor that is said is more energy efficient, we feel battery Xperia U is like most Android phones that have only lasted a day or even less, when used with normal use. But it also depends on the signal conditions, and the use of each user. Moreover you inevitably have to use light effects burning at the bottom of the phone, because we did not find a setting to turn off the light effects.

Conclusion

Armed with a 1GHz dual core processor as well as the clarity of the screen and features a Sony owned the other, especially the prices are not priced too high, we think this phone is suitable for those of you who want the Fun Android phone and have a competent performance. But one factor that unfortunately, the limited memory that can be used. Because as we know it today has a lot of multimedia content that supports HD resolutions and consequently also the memory usage will increase. But for those of you who are not too concerned with memory, then the issue is not a problem for you, because in addition to issues of phone memory is very feasible for you to have.

Excess

1GHz dual core processor at a price not too high
Features Bravia Engine
Unique light effects
Cover the bottom that can be replaced

Shortage

Limited memory
Speaker quality is not good
Battery capacity is less qualified